The workes of our antient and lerned English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed. In this impression you shall find these additions: 1 His portraiture and progenie shewed. 2 His life collected. 3 Arguments to every booke gathered. 4 Old and obscure words explaned. 5 Authors by him cited, declared. 6. Difficulties opened. 7 Two bookes of his never before printed.

Ed. 5, Speght's first ed.
Includes The story of Thebes: compiled by Iohn Lidgate.
Editor's dedication to Sir Robert Cecil signed: Tho. Speght.
Short-title catalogue no. 5077.
Untrimmed copy with rough leaves.
First f, a blank, lacking; Title in wood-cut border, Ded. by Speght to Sir Robert Cecil, Francis Beaumont's letter to Spaght dated 1597 etc. (a[superscript]1-6): Portrait of the author is lacking b(c)-c[superscript]6, [symbol][superscript]i-iiA[superscript]iii-iv; text, A-U[superscript]6, Aa-Tt[superscript]6, Uu[superscript]8, Xx[superscript]8, Yy-Zz[superscript]6, Aaa to Zzz[superscript]6, Aaaa[superscript]6, Bbbb[superscript]8 (the last leaf f blank, lacking). Black letter, 2 cols. 55 lines.
Both "the Canterbury tales" and "the Romant of the Rose" have woodcut title pages depicting Henry VIII and his Yorkist and Lancastrian antecedents entwined with roses.